Union County Jail Inmate Lookup

Union County Jail Overview

Union County Jail is operated by the Union County Sheriff's Office at the same Beasley Street complex as the sheriff's administrative offices in Blairsville. The sheriff's jail page describes it as a local pretrial holding facility for people accused of crimes who cannot bond out while they wait for court dates. It also holds people serving county sentences of up to 12 months and people sentenced for more serious crimes while they wait for Georgia Department of Corrections bed space.

The jail accepts people arrested by Union County deputies, Blairsville Police Department, Union County Schools Police Department, and other state or federal agencies. That matters in Union County because Blairsville Police arrestees do not go to a separate city jail for public lookup purposes. They are accepted by the Union County Jail when they are held locally. Sheriff Shawn Dyer's office is the local agency to contact for jail custody and sheriff records, while Colwell Probation Detention Center nearby is a separate GDC facility.

The Union County Sheriff's Office jail page shows the jail's bed count, inmate-account information, work detail, medical coverage, JailATM deposits, and phone-service information.

This official jail page is the source for the 54 general-housing beds, 3 observation beds, inmate work detail, and family account options used on this facility page.

Union County Jail Capacity and Population

The official capacity figure available from the sheriff is 57 total beds, made up of 54 general-housing beds and 3 observation beds. The research file did not locate an official online current-population dashboard, average daily population report, annual booking count, or live jail roster for Union County Jail. For that reason, the bed count can be stated, but a current inmate count should be confirmed directly with the jail instead of estimated from third-party roster pages.

Observation beds are listed separately in the official source. They should not be treated as ordinary housing beds or described as medical, detox, or suicide-watch beds unless the jail confirms that use. The safest reading is that the sheriff has published 54 regular beds plus 3 observation beds, with current occupancy available by phone rather than through a public online dashboard.

How to Look Up an Inmate at Union County Jail

No official Union County Jail online roster, live inmate-search portal, recent-booking report, or mugshot gallery was located on the sheriff or county government websites during the research pass. The official lookup process is therefore a fallback chain: call the jail for current custody, call sheriff records for arrest and incident records, and use the state locator only when the person has moved into GDC custody.

1. Call Union County Jail at (706) 439-6080 for current custody, bond status, release, hold, or transfer information.
2. Have the person's full legal name, date of birth if known, approximate arrest date, and arresting agency if known.
3. If the jail cannot confirm a current hold, call sheriff records/admin at (706) 439-6066 for arrest, incident, citation, or investigation records.
4. If the person has been sentenced or transferred to state custody, search Georgia Find an Offender or call the receiving GDC facility.

Use this distinction carefully. A fresh arrest by a Union County deputy, Blairsville Police officer, Union County Schools Police officer, or other local agency starts with the county jail. A person assigned to Colwell Probation Detention Center is in state probation detention custody, so the GDC locator and Colwell's facility phone are the better channels.

Union County Jail Address and Contact

Use the jail number when the question is current custody, bond, housing, release, property, or whether an arrestee is still at the facility. Use the sheriff records/admin number for incident reports, accident reports, citations, and other sheriff records. The records page says the office is open Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and that state-issued identification must be shown before reports are released.

For sheriff records, incident report copies are listed at $0.10 per page, accident reports at $5.00, and state background checks at $15.00 after a signed criminal history release form. The sheriff page also lists fax number (706) 439-6068 for the office, but custody questions should still start with the jail phone.

Visiting Someone at Union County Jail

Union County Jail no longer offers in-person inmate visitation according to the sheriff's visitation page. Family and friends are directed to JAILATM for video visitation, and the same page points users to JAILATM to set up an account or deposit money onto a commissary account. Call the jail before scheduling if the person was just booked, is in observation, has a hold, or may have been released or transferred.

The Union County Jail visitation page shows the current no-in-person-visitation instruction and directs users to JAILATM for video visitation.

That screenshot applies to Union County Jail only. It should not be applied to Colwell Probation Detention Center unless GDC or Colwell confirms the same rule.

Mail, Phone, and Money at Union County Jail

The jail creates individual inmate accounts. Family and friends may deposit money orders, but cash is not accepted for inmate-account money orders. The sheriff's jail page says money orders can be brought or dropped off during visitation hours or brought to the bonding window at any time. Online commissary deposits and item purchases are handled through JailATM with a credit or debit card.

Phone service is through Combined Public Communications. Money for phone accounts can be added through the visitation-lobby kiosk, which accepts cash, credit, or debit cards, or online through InmateSales with a credit or debit card. Combined Public Communications lists account-support phone number 1-877-998-5678 in the research source. A full inmate-mail policy or mail-address format was not found on the official jail page, so confirm envelope requirements before mailing anything.

Booking and Intake at Union County Jail

Union County-specific booking instructions are not published as a step-by-step checklist, but the source material supports a local custody pathway. A person arrested by Union County deputies, Blairsville Police, Union County Schools Police, or another state or federal agency may be transported to Union County Jail when accepted locally. Standard Georgia county jail intake generally includes identity confirmation, property inventory, search, fingerprints, booking photograph, warrant and hold checks, medical screening, and classification.

The jail's 3 observation beds, LPN coverage seven days a week, and 24/7 Tele-Med doctor availability are important intake details because new arrivals may need medical review before ordinary housing or release processing. After booking, bond and first appearance determine whether the person leaves custody, remains in the jail awaiting court, is held for another agency, or eventually transfers to GDC after sentencing.

About Union County Jail

Union County Jail is a small county facility, but its role is broad because it serves the sheriff, Blairsville Police, school police, and other agencies that operate in the county. The jail serves three meals per day, described by the sheriff as two hot meals and one cold meal. It has full-time medical assistance, including an LPN on site seven days a week and doctor access through Tele-Med around the clock.

The strongest program detail from the sheriff's jail page is the Mountain Education high-school diploma program for inmates ages 17 to 21. The program is computer-based and can continue when the person is released from custody. The jail also uses a work detail of up to five low-risk inmates, supervised by a certified jail officer, for county-property maintenance such as cutting grass, trimming trees and bushes, picking up trash, and other general maintenance.

Union County's facility map should be read as two nearby but separate systems. Union County Jail is at 378 Beasley Street and handles local jail custody. Colwell Probation Detention Center is at 189 Beasley Street and handles state probation detention custody under GDC. Calling the wrong facility can slow down a custody check, especially when a person has been sentenced, transferred, or sanctioned into a state program.